GEEENSHANK. 



TOTANUS GLOTTIS {Linn.). 



Scolopax totanus. Linn. S. N. i. p. 245 (1766, ex Briss.). 

 Totanus glottis, Naum. viii. p. 145, xiii. p. 243 ; Hewitson, ii. 

 p. 336. 



Glottis chloropus, Macg. iv. p. 319. 



Totanus canescens, Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 483 ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 173. 



Chevalier gris, Chevalier aboyeur, French; GrUnfUssiger, 

 Wasserldvfer, German ; Corre-playa, Andario, Picorilla, 

 Spanish. 



I have such a very sHght acquaintance with this 

 species as a " British " bird, that, were it not for the 

 expressed wishes of many friends for a certain amount 

 of letterpress to accompany these " Coloured Figures," 

 1 should almost be inclined to state simply that this 

 is the Greenshank ; but in compliance with the wishes 

 above mentioned, I will attempt to condense the infor- 

 mation gathered from recent authorities on my present 

 subject. 



The Greenshank is a bird of double passage in 

 most parts of our islands ; it breeds on open moor-lands 

 and the slungly borders of lochs and streams in certain 

 districts of the Scottish Highlands and islands, but is 



